Adjustable support for shades and curtains.



No. 830,319. PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1906. J. J. HARPER. ADJUSTABLE SUPPORTFOR SHADES AND CURTAINS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11.1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADJUSTABLE Specification of Letters Patent.

SUPPORT FOR SHADES AND CURTAINS- Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

Application filed June 11, 1906. Serial No. 321.144.

To all whmn it Wmy concern:

Be it known that I, JEREMIAH J. HARPER, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Indian Orchard, in the county of Hampdenand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Adjustable Supports for Shades and Curtains, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in fixtures for supportingwindow-shade rollers and also the poles on which lace curtains may behung.

The object of the invention is to produce a cheap and simple fixture forsupporting a shade-roller and a curtain-pole which once mounted in placeon the upper part of the window-casing is adapted to receive supportingengagement therewith of the journalstuds of shade-rollers having quite arange of variability in their lengths, as well as to sustain the polefor a lace or other curtainf it never being necessary after thesupportingfixtures are once mounted to remove or replace any screws orother fastenings and deface the woodwork of the window-casing.

The invention consists in the particular formations or constructions ofparts and the combinations or arrangements of the parts, allsubstantially as hereinafter fully described, and set forth in theclaim.

The improved devices are shown in the accomp anying drawings, inWlliOl1- Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the substantiallyalike pair of supp orting-fixtures for the shade-roller and alace-curtain pole. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the fixtures as thesame would be seen at the left of the casing of the side thereofopposite from the location of the parts shown in Fig. 1., Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the fixtures shown in Fig. 1.

Similar characters of reference indicate corres onding parts in all ofthe views.

In t he drawings, A represents a bar to be positioned in front of awindow-casing, the same being of square or prismatic form and having aright-angularly-turned end portion a, provided with a screw-hole btherethrough and adapted to be positioned against and by a screw a; tobe secured to the edge of the window-casing w.

B represents a stud which by its shank is fixed into the front of thecasing at a point opposite from the place of attachment of the portion aof the aforesaid bar, and this stud has a square eye d therein toreceive and support the end portion of the bar A.

0 represents the bracket for each of the fixtures having a socket f or fmade in the form of a round hole for the one side fixture and in theform of an upwardly-open slot for the opposite side fixture and forreceiving the shade-roller journal-studs g. Each of the brackets has ahole 0'. of square form, whereby it is fitted to slide along on, and benon-rota table relatively to, said bar, and each bracket is providedwith a thumb-screw to be engaged against the bar for holding the bracketfirmly in its adjusted position, and capable of being loosened to allowthe bracket to be adjusted along the bar crosswise of the windowcasing.

D represents a curtain-pole bracket having depending portions m and none in front of the other, the one, m, having a hole m whereby it isfitted about and supported on said bar A adjacent the junction of themain portion of the bar with the angularly-turned portion a thereof,while the portion n is made with a screw-hole which is alined with thescrew-hole b of the portion a, the arrangement being such that thesingle screw as not only serves as the fastening at the edge of thecasing for the bar A of the fixture, but also constitutes the fasteningfor the curtain-pole bracket.

I claim An adjustable shade-roll support consisting of a prismatic barto be positioned in front of a window-casing having arightangularly-turned end portion provided with a screw-holetherethrough, and adapted to be positioned against, and to be screwedto, the edge of the casing, a stud to be fixed into the front of thecasing at a point oppositely from the place of attachment of saidangularlyturned end portion and having an eye therein to receive andsupport the end portion of the said bar, and a bracket having a socketfor a shade-roll journal-stud, having an opening whereby it is fitted toslide along and be nonrotatable relatively to said bar, and having athumb-screw for confining it in its adjusted position on said bar, and acurtain-pole bracket having depending portions one 'in' front of theother, and one having a hole whereby it is fitted about and supported on1 turned portion of the bar.

Signed byme' at Springfield, Massachusetts,

presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JEREMIAH J. HARPER.

Witnesses:

WM. S. BELLoWs, G. R. DRISCOLL.

